I had the pleasure of spending Thanksgiving in Utah with my extended family. It has been so long since all of my siblings and our families have come together that I am not sure when the last time was exactly. I know it has been a very long time in any case. It was so …
I had the pleasure to take some senior portraits of a great young man this afternoon, Xavier. As is the case with a lot of young men, there was some pretty heavy persuasion by his mother to get some photographs taken! As the session progressed, he relaxed and we were able to get some great …
Thanksgiving weekend I had the opportunity to take my sister’s family portraits again. She has such great children that are easy to photograph and are very photogenic! For this photo-shoot we went to Memory Grove Park in downtown Salt Lake City. My sister Bonnie and I had gone here a few days earlier on Thanksgiving …
Before the B’Not Mitzvah ceremony I met with Mark and Robye Nothnagel and their extended family for some portraits. Below are some of my favorite and then following is the gallery of all of the photographs. [Show as slideshow]
While we were doing their serious portrait shots these two sisters also had a lot of fun playing around and hamming it up. Here is the classic “titanic” pose 🙂 Had such a great time taking these photographs. You can tell from these shots that they also had a great time in such a beautiful …
ISO 100, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1600 sec This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to do some portrait work for two very lovely young ladies, Liz and Anita. They also happen to be sisters! ISO 100, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1250 sec We went first out to the Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge which I knew would provide …
My wife Taunya serves with the Young Women of the Yreka Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She asked me to take some portraits of the young women to put up on their bulletin board. ISO 100, 85mm, f/2.0, 1/125sec I took these photos against a black curtain with an off …
ISO 200, 34mm, f/5.6, 1/100sec I had the awesome opportunity and pleasure to photograph the Barbara and Jack Cowley extended family this evening. When your photographing a group of 32, inside, the lighting can be a little tricky. Many thanks to my friend Linda who loaned me her speedlight and light stand so I could use two …
When Taunya and I went to Colorado and Utah last month I took some time to do a portrait shoot of my very cute niece Olivia! ISO 200, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/5000sec I find that sometimes you get a more natural portrait if you have them doing something rather than just sitting there posing. ISO 200, …
A few weeks ago Margret Bakes asked me to take a family picture for them. They needed one of the family with a plainish background for an extended family picture where someone is going to combined separate shots into one using Photoshop. Then we did a shot with a much better back drop for their …
ISO 100, 85mm, f/5.6, 1/200sec Jeff, Miriam, Ryan, Anita I was pleased to be asked by Anita to take pictures for her and Miriam and their dates for Morp. Groups are always tricky to get everyone in focus with a wide aperture for good bokeh. ISO 100, 85mm, f/3.5, 1/400sec Couples are a little easier …
ISO 100, 85mm, f/1.8, 1/500sec Saturday afternoon I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a beautiful young lady, Nicole. The weather was overcast and raining on and off for the start of the shoot. The wind was also blowing briskly. ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.0, 1/2000sec Both of these situations I think added rather than detracted …